Ragasvarupapaashadya (रागस्वरूपापाशाढ्या, IAST: Rāgasvarūpapāśāḍhyā) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu girl-name meaning “She whose noose is desire itself, embodied”. From rāga (passionate longing, desire), svarūpa (own form, embodiment), pāśa (noose, bond), and āḍhyā (rich in, abundantly endowed with), this name reveals that Lalitā's binding noose is not external but is the very power of divine longing.

Meaning, etymology & significance

Rāga in its highest sense is the soul's innate yearning toward the Divine — the gravitational pull of love that keeps all beings oriented toward the Source. As pāśāḍhyā, the Goddess wields this longing as her weapon: she binds the devotee with the noose of love rather than with fear, drawing the heart irresistibly toward liberation. The name thus transforms the pāśa from a symbol of bondage into one of loving divine attraction.

This epithet belongs to the section of the Sahasranāma describing Lalitā's weapons, each of which is simultaneously a cosmic principle and a path of yoga. The name is philosophically rich but too compound for everyday personal use; Rāgasvarūpā might stand alone devotionally.

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Scriptural source

Ragasvarupapaashadya appears in the Lalitha Sahasranama, among the sacred names of Lalitha.

Astrology — nakshatra, rashi & numerology

By the standard Vedic correspondence between a name’s first syllable and the lunar mansion, Ragasvarupapaashadya aligns with the Chitra nakshatra, under the Tula rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 5.